Christmas Is Coming: From Reba & Loretta to Garth & Trisha, Everything You Need to Know About This Year’s 10 New Holiday Albums

We hope you’ve been good boys and girls this year, because you’re going to need an extra-big stocking to fit all 10 of the new holiday albums from your favorite country artists.
You can buy all 10 (that’s what we recommend), or you can use our guide to help you pick out the perfect holiday album to complement your yuletide tastes.

Reba McEntire
Album: My Kind of Christmas
Release Date: Sept. 2
What You Need to Know: This is Reba’s first holiday album in 17 years and features her vocals with simple piano accompaniment by Catherine Marx—no bells and whistles, unless you count the “Jingle” in tracks 7 and 10.
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Loretta Lynn
Album: White Christmas Blue
Release Date: Oct. 7
What You Need to Know: Recorded at Cash Cabin Studio in Hendersonville, Tenn., White Christmas Blue has a little something for everyone: soulful interpretations of traditional carols like “Away in the Manger” and “Silent Night,” pop standards such as “Frosty the Snowman” and her recital of “’Twas the Night Before Christmas” is the perfect bedtime story for the kiddies.
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Chris Young
Album: It Must Be Christmas
Release Date: Oct. 14
What You Need to Know: If you’re looking for added star power, It Must Be Christmas features Alan Jackson, Brad Paisley and Boyz II Men, but Chris’ velvety vocals are smooth enough without any help on tunes like “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” and “I’ll Be Home for Christmas.”
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Rascal Flatts
Album: The Greatest Gift of All
Release Date: Oct. 21
What You Need to Know: The guys from Rascal Flatts put their own non-traditional spin on 10 festive fan-favorites, including a cover of Stevie Wonder’s “Someday at Christmas.”
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“Joy to the World”
“O Holy Night”
“Deck the Halls”
“A Strange Way to Save the World”
“Go Tell It On the Mountain”
“Let It Snow”
“Silent Night”
“Someday at Christmas”
“The First Noel”
“Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”

Exile
Album: Wrapped Up in Your Arms for Christmas
Release Date: Oct. 21
What You Need to Know: After 50 years together, Exile has uncorked some Christmas cheer for the first time on tunes like the self-penned title track and classics such as “Silent Night” and “Little Drummer Boy” that seamlessly meld the sounds of country, soul and gospel.
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Jennifer Nettles
Album: To Celebrate Christmas
Release Date: Oct. 28
What You Need to Know: Jennifer’s country twang and vibrant energy (seriously, look at the album art) will spice up your holiday season with traditional standards like “The First Noel” and “O Holy Night,” and the cross-genre cameos from Andra Day and Idina Menzel give the album a little extra pop.
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Brett Eldredge
Album: Glow
Release Date: Oct. 28
What You Need to Know: Recorded at Avatar Studios in New York City, you can hear the big-city soul and swing as Brett croons like his heroes Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra on classic songs such as “White Christmas” and “Winter Wonderland.”
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Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood
Album: Christmas Together
Release Date: Nov. 11
What You Need to Know: This duets album is the fitting soundtrack to listen to while decorating the tree with your significant other. In Garth’s own words: “The Queen [Trisha] is unbelievable—when you’re the weak link in the chain, that’s a pretty cool thing. The Queen just owns this thing.”
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Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers
Album: We Say Merry Christmas
Release Date: Nov. 25
What You Need to Know: The Gatlins have teamed up for the biggest album of the holiday season—a two-disc, 19-song offering that features the brothers’ sweet harmonies on standards like “What Child Is This” and “Silent Night” as well as original tunes penned by Larry.
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